Sexual abuse: DA clarifies investigation timeline

The Wichita County Criminal District Attorney has commented on social media to clarify details regarding the arrest of a convicted child abuser who was on probation when he was charged with child sexual abuse.

"The timeline was not provided very well in the affidavit," Maureen Shelton wrote Tuesday in response to questions on social media regarding the incidents. "The only case that was filed with the District Attorney’s Office was the injury to a child case."

Michael George Corey Jr., 32, is charged with two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child, six counts of indecency with a child by contact, and two counts of indecency with a child by exposure.

Corey, whose total bail was set at $240,000, was out on community supervision when he was booked into the Wichita County Jail Sunday. He was still in the county jail on Wednesday.

The charges stem from the same investigation that led to the physical child abuse counts Corey pleaded guilty to on March 31, 2017.

Corey was sentenced to 10 years in prison suspended for 10 years community supervision on each of two counts with intent to cause bodily injury, according to a plea agreement.

"His parental rights were terminated," Shelton stated. "After that time, all three children were placed into counseling at Patsy’s House with the hope at some point they would feel comfortable to disclose if they had been sexually abused."

According to Shelton's comments, two of the children who previously denied being abused sexually later made disclosures that led to the offenses Corey was charged with in his latest arrest.

"There was no abuse after he was placed on probation," Shelton wrote. "The abuse was from September 2016. The two children just disclosed after they felt comfortable in May 2017."

According to the latest arrest warrant affidavits:

One child said Corey would touch her inappropriately under her clothing while watching pornographic videos on his laptop computer. He would also force her to touch him inappropriately, she said.

Corey also engaged in deviate sexual acts with that child, according to disclosures she made to the interviewer.

Another child said Corey would force her to touch him inappropriately. She said he told her that if she didn't, "he would beat me to death and he didn't care where he hit."

Corey would also make the children undress and watch while he touched himself.

During each interview, the children talked about how they did everything Corey told them to do because the punishment or "whooping" would have been much worse if they didn't.